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Proportion of population below $1.25 (PPP) per day

The poverty rate at $1.25 a day is the proportion of the population living on less than $1.25 a day, measured at 2005 international prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP).

Purchasing power parities (PPP) conversion factor, private consumption, is the number of units of a country’s currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This conversion factor is applicable to private consumption.

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Contribution to the green economy:

The poverty rate at $1.25 a day is the proportion of the population living on less than $1.25 a day, measured at 2005 international prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). Since a Green Economy should be socially inclusive, a low proportion living at that level is regarded as positive.

Potential misinterpretation:

Are the most vulnerable people improving economically, but the richest part is improving more, so inequality is increasing?